W07 Challenge: Suitability Model

Tyson Brost - 2/21/2024

Model Building:

This week the focus was on introducing the ModelBuilder tool. We first applied it to a few of week 6’s mini challenges as an example, and then used that knowledge to apply it from the start for a new set of data and criteria.

Methods:

Earthquakes Model

What are 3 reasons a GIS analyst might use ModelBuilder?

It creates a well documented process flow making the result easily reproducible, additionally if built correctly can be easily adjusted to similar questions or locations with same structured data.

Results

Suitability Model

Suitable living spaces

Data Sources:

• Include a list of data and their sources.

  • ESRI Basemap

  • Data from Class Download